Posts by findingme

This site has helped me a great deal, so I share my enthusiasm with others who were not aware of this site. One such person is very close to me, and she is with us now:

Allow me to introdroduce..... Jane Eyre!

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Whats wrong with this picture???

by Elsewhere in

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field trip!!!!

i wonder how many parents signed the consent form.

Turn away from these wicked ways!

by Proud Witness in

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well as you would have guessed from my name, i am a proud witness and i feel obliged to preach to you about the promises that our wonderful creator, jehovah god, has promised each and every one of us, of any race or background.

i know that you already know what he has told us through his word, but i am curious to wonder why you have chosen to jump off the narrow road which leads to everlasting life.

is it because you have had a bad experience in god's organization?

findingme

How mean!!! I was pissed off for nothing!!! You got me.....got me worked up.

Good work, Proud Witness.

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Turn away from these wicked ways!

by Proud Witness in

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well as you would have guessed from my name, i am a proud witness and i feel obliged to preach to you about the promises that our wonderful creator, jehovah god, has promised each and every one of us, of any race or background.

i know that you already know what he has told us through his word, but i am curious to wonder why you have chosen to jump off the narrow road which leads to everlasting life.

is it because you have had a bad experience in god's organization?

findingme

I appreciate your efforts, Proud Witness. I remember saying and feeling the same when I was once a proud witness. However, I don't appreciate your name-calling of "apostates". I don't consider myself an apostate. I do not preach against God's Kingdom, nor have I spoken out against the Holy Spirit. What I am, is someone who has SEEN and EXPERIENCED much hypocrosy and unfairness that I could not handle. I did not wish to live the life of a lie. Morever, my Ministerial Servant husband degraded and humiliated me many times over, and I deserve MUCH BETTER than that. Yes, I am angry for what I have SEEN and EXPERIENCED; I am still dealing with it. I may be a while before I am over it. In the meantime, I am sick and tired of Witnesses telling people (like me) they will be PUNISHED for having a BRAIN and FEELINGS.

I have learned to become a much kinder person; I no longer judge or point fingers at people who seem to be living "questionable" lives. Clearly, I, nor anyone else, do not know what they have gone through or what crap they deal with everyday. I have learned to have more EMPATHY for people "in the world". This may come to a surprise to Witnesses, but my "wordly" husband (though critized by Witnesses because of this "fault" of his) is an exremely good person, with very high "human" qualities, treating people with the utmost respect, providing me love and cherishing me to the fullest extent that I could possibly dream of.

I consider nothing in my life to be "wicked". Are going to work and getting an education "wicked"? Are having a dog and tending a garden "wicked"? Are reading books and going for walks in the neighborhood "wicked"? Or, is it because I have feelings, a brain, and experiences that I am considered "wicked"? Oh, I see......or, are you saying the experiences we have lived are lies?

Incidently, what are you doing visiting this site, if this is so "apostate" to you?

I know you mean well, but so do we.

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I'm attracted to Minimus

by findingme in

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is it just me, or are there others who find the mystery behind the shades and red uniform irresistable?

mmmmmmmmmm

findingme

To Minimus:

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I'm attracted to Minimus

by findingme in

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is it just me, or are there others who find the mystery behind the shades and red uniform irresistable?

mmmmmmmmmm

findingme

Whose trying to take my beloved Minimus away from me?????

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Fudging on "Field Service Report"

by Clinton in

when i was a jdub i used to write down whatever hours i wanted to write down.

when i was pioneering for 7 years i would add a few hours to my time each month so that i wouldn?t fall too far behind.

even when i wasn?t pioneering though i would inflate my hours a bit sometimes so i wouldn?t have the elders hounding me about my time and also so i could hold a ?position?.

findingme

Honestly, I didn't fudge unless my (now ex) MS husband wanted me to. (He was concerned his MS wife may make him look bad). My conscience bothered me to count 3 hours on a Saturday morning if we took a long break or spent most of the time making Return Visits out in the country. This is when we had a van full of publishers and each householder was miles apart. With taking turns, a pair of us could get out of the van once or twice...and maybe find someone at home. (Not that we really cared if we found someone at home.....)

My ex kept all of the publisher's cards on top of his desk in his office at our home. I could very easily open it and pry into our congregation's service records if I wanted to. To be truthful, I didn't care. I was too worried about my own business to give a rat's ass about anyone else's time. I will say, though, my ex would sit at his desk and talk to me while he recorded publishers' time for the month. He would say: "Sister so-and-so only has 2 hours this month! Man, what's her problem?" I remember thinking what an ass he was for judging people like that.

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I'm attracted to Minimus

by findingme in

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is it just me, or are there others who find the mystery behind the shades and red uniform irresistable?

mmmmmmmmmm

findingme

Is it just me, or are there others who find the mystery behind the shades and red uniform irresistable? Mmmmmmmmmm

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Welcome Newbies!!! What made you post your first post? Short version please

by frankiespeakin in

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i see many new posters welcome,,i'm frankie and i want to say hello.. i can be alittle funny at times and even rude please forgive me in advance.. post a little about yourselves but only as much as you feel comfortable.

findingme

I can relate to the people at this site. All of us have different situations, but struggle with similar situations within JW organization. I'm learning from other people's experiences. I am hoping I can help others, too.